Khammam: Agriculture officials are facing a tough time convincing the ayacut farmers near Nagarjunasagar Project’s left canal to cultivate crops other than paddy in yasangi. The farmers raising paddy under bore wells and tanks agreed to cultivate millets and horticulture crops.
However, the farmers around the NSP’s left canal are preferring paddy cultivation over others.
The farmers submitted various arguments before the agriculture officials, including that their land and the soil are not suitable for other crops.
Farmers are also willing to sell their yasangi produce to private traders if the government does not open procurement centres.
Farmer leader N. Satyanarayana said that all the farmers in an area should opt for alternate crops. “It is not possible to switch to other crops if farm officials don’t convince all the farmers in a village,” he said.
